Healesville Research

Rise in tourism decline in agriculture

Since the decomissioning of the trainline from Melbourne there has been less of a reliance for local goods and services. This has seen the decline in the agricultral industry as tourists influx into the area, seeking a weekend away as a second home. This has seen a sudden shift to focus business and industry toward tourists as the local produce struggles to make a name for itself. Larger wineries have gone to the extent of providing entertainment for its , where the smaller wineries try and survive on "bottle production".

Tension Between internal and external

Healesville and the Yarra Valley creates a series of interesting relationships its locals and its visitors. Even with the acceptance of the ever growing tourist population by the locals there is an unseen element of tension between parties corresponding over a season. Elements show that reources locally comliment resources imported. There is in fact a reliance on foregin resources to appeal to visitors. The tension is apparant when externla factors like resources and infrastructure infiltrate the heart of Healesville, robbing its identity and prisitine state.